United States withdraws from UNESCO

The withdrawal represented a loss to the "UN family" and to multilateralism, Ms Bokova said.

Chris Hegadorn, the U.S. Charge d'Affaires and ranking U.S. representative to UNESCO, told The Associated Press on Thursday that the decision to pull out was linked to "the unfortunate politicization of the mandate of UNESCO, where anti-Israel bias has been a major factor and something the U.S. has been struggling to address".

And senior Trump administration officials - including U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley - have been critical of the organization.

That has clearly failed, as evidenced by its continued push to remove all Jewish references to religious sites in the Holy Lands. In the USA, listed sites include the Statue of Liberty and Independence Hall, as well as national parks like Yellowstone and Yosemite.

"The absence of the United States or any large country with a lot of power is a loss". Worldwide, UNESCO also promotes education, gender equity initiatives, access to culture and science, and the pursuit of liberal democratic ideals like freedom of expression. It will become a mere "observer state", with no dues paid and no contribution to how the organization is run.

"In recent years, they've been of no use for this organisation", Eleanora Mitrofanova said.

UNESCO is in the process of selecting a new chief, whose priority will be to revive its fortunes.

The third round saw the breakthrough of French candidate Audrey Azouley, who secured 18 out of 58 votes of the UNESCO Executive Board, sharing top spot with Qatari candidate Hammad bin Al-Kawari.

The election has exposed deep rivalries between Qatar and Egypt that has its roots in the crisis engulfing Qatar and its Gulf Arab neighbours which have severed diplomatic, trade and travel ties with Doha after accusing it of sponsoring hardline Islamist groups, a charge Qatar denies.

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Given Argentina's World Cup tradition, the 3-1 win earned against Ecuador with Messi's hat trick was little short of mandatory. Argentina scored only 19 goals in its 18 games in South American qualifying, tying with Paraguay for the second-worst record.

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Days later, Hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean and Florida and was the strongest observed storm in the Atlantic since Wilma. This could bring a blast of high winds to the Emerald Isle, particularly the western half of Ireland early next week.

He was also recently sent back on a duck in India's first one day worldwide of the five-match series against Australia in Chennai. Austrlaia has such players who can run a solo win like Aron Finch, David Warner , Glean Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis.

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